Woman's body found in Longmont park; appears to be that of transient

Longmont Police investigate a drainage ditch at Kensington Park where a woman's body was found on Wednesday afternoon.
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Matthew Jonas
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LONGMONT -- Longmont police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was discovered Wednesday afternoon in a ditch on the west side of Kensington Park, according to Longmont Police Cmdr. Jeff Satur.

Satur initially reported that the woman's death was not suspicious, but later on Wednesday afternoon said that while the woman's death appears to be a "transient weather-related incident," investigators want to hold off on classifying the death as not suspicious until the coroner completes an autopsy.

A man who spoke with police at the scene later left the area on a bicycle that had been inside the police-tape perimeter earlier in the afternoon. When approached, he said: "I am not saying nothing."

The woman was bleeding at the time she was found, according to police radio traffic about the incident.

The body's discovery was reported just after 2 p.m. The area of the park in which she was found is near Rothrock Place and Martin Street.

"From the initial information we received, it appears that this is potentially a transient weather-related incident," Satur said. "We need to make sure."

He said he did not have any information about her identity or approximate age but described the man who found her as an "associate" who reported that he spoke with her yesterday.

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The woman's death comes just two days after the OUR Center closed its overnight warming center to redirect funds toward self-sufficiency programming, but a local faith-based organization increased capacity at its warming centers and has nightly pick-ups at the Longmont Safety and Justice Center.